Photo - Check out Special Olympics Australia athlete Chris Bunton (NSW) in the trailer for Speed of

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Check out Special Olympics Australia athlete Chris Bunton (NSW) in the trailer for Speed of Life which will be performed by Ruckus in Sydney in May 2016. Watch this space for details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H9NmnQ8MJM

Photo - #FlashbackFriday Check out the proud Team South Australia at the 1992 National Games in Bris

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#FlashbackFriday Check out the proud Team South Australia at the 1992 National Games in Brisbane. Many of them are still in the program. Give them a shout out if you recognise anyone...because they obviously like things loud!!!!!!

Photo - Some great photos from the Victoria State Games held in Bendigo this past weekend. Check out

13/04/2016 - Multi Sports, Special Olympics Victoria, #17461470

Some great photos from the Victoria State Games held in Bendigo this past weekend. Check out all the shots at Law Enforcement Torch Run - Victoria, Australia's page.
Congratulations to all those who attended and thanks to the volunteers for making such an amazing weekend of sport and fun happen!

Congratulations to all the Special Olympics Australia representatives selected in the Australian Pea

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Australian Pearls

Congratulations to 22 young women from around Australia who have been invited into the 2016 Australian Pearls squad. The squad will have a training session in Melbourne in June and a team of 10 will travel to Japan in August to compete. This is an exciting step in the next 4 year journey that will also include a World Championship and the Global Games (in Brisbane 2019).
Congratulations to:
SA - Amy Howard
ACT - Brittany Anderson, Taylor Anderson
NSW - Dianne Demello, Eliza Mills, Jessica Duncan, Lisa Mackie, Kim Perry, Nicole Harris
VIC - Chloe Turner, Dani Phillips, Danni Burden, Evie Patterson, Goergia Hoad, Jessica McCulloch, Kaitlyn Papworth, Kate Leckenby, Katlin Zonneveld, Lois Shea, Molly Urquhart-Moran, Sam Hough, Sam Willier.

Photo - Good luck to all those competing at the Victoria State Games in City of Greater Bendigo this

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Good luck to all those competing at the Victoria State Games in City of Greater Bendigo this weekend!
The Games kick off with the Opening Ceremony tonight featuring a torch run with Law Enforcement Torch Run - Victoria, Australia. Competition will run over Saturday and Sunday in aquatics, athletics, bocce, golf, netball, softball and tennis.
Have a great weekend of sport and fun!

Photo - #TBT Yesterday was the 120th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games which were held at Pana

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#TBT Yesterday was the 120th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games which were held at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens in 1896. In 2011, the Stadium played host to the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Summer Games where 130 Aussie athletes took centre stage.

Thanks to Cisco, two lucky Special Olympics Australia athletes, Bradley Bloom (NSW) and Georgina Broadway (VIC), got to have a hit with Aussie tennis legend Lleyton Hewitt at the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne this morning. Looks like great fun. I hope you guys got some tips!

Photo - Team Australia 2017 is complete with the announcement of our officials! 12 athletes will be

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Team Australia 2017 is complete with the announcement of our officials! 12 athletes will be supported by 5 volunteer officials as they wear the green and gold with pride at the Special Olympics World Games 2017.
Meet the team and find out how you can help them get to Austria at specialolympics.com.au/teamaustralia2017!

Photo - #ThrowbackThursday commemorates this day 27 years ago! The official program from the 4th Spe

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#ThrowbackThursday commemorates this day 27 years ago! The official program from the 4th Special Olympics World Winter Games in Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe, California. The Games ran from 1-8 April 1989 with more than 1,000 athletes from 18 countries participating in the event.

Photo - #ThrowbackThursday to our first ever Team Australia!
In 1983, a team of eight athletes repr

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#ThrowbackThursday to our first ever Team Australia!
In 1983, a team of eight athletes represented Australia in aquatics and athletics at the International Special Olympics Summer Games in Baton Rouge, USA.
Watch out for the next phase of our 40 year anniversary history timeline which drops next week!

Video - Today we're celebrating World Down Syndrome Day! In 2016 the campaign is encouraging people

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Today we're celebrating World Down Syndrome Day! In 2016 the campaign is encouraging people to change the way we look at people with Down syndrome, and see them the way they see themselves! Check out this wonderful video and please share! #HowDoYouSeeMe #WDSD16

Photo - #TBT This week as we celebrate 1 year to go until Team Australia arrive at the Special Olymp

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#TBT This week as we celebrate 1 year to go until Team Australia arrive at the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017, we found this photo featuring athletes from our first international team who competed at the 1983 World Games in Louisiana, USA. Great photo bomb!!!!!

Video - Get excited! It's one year until the Special Olympics World Games 2017 in Austria and the co

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Get excited! It's one year until the Special Olympics World Games 2017 in Austria and the countdown is on! Hear the message from Special Olympics Chairman Tim Shriver. You can meet Team Australia and help them get to the Games at specialolympics.com.au/teamaustralia2017.

Photo - Some awesome photos from local club competitions around Australia over the weekend. Great to

14/03/2016 - Multi Sports, Special Olympics Victoria, #16970888

Some awesome photos from local club competitions around Australia over the weekend. Great to see so many athlete smiles! Thanks to our amazing coaches and volunteers who continue to facilitate weekly sports training and competition!

Video - At the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 World Summer Games in Los Angeles the video package '7,0

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At the Opening Ceremony of the 2015 World Summer Games in Los Angeles the video package '7,000 Journeys' was shown. It is an inspirational look at the power of opportunity and the celebration of ability. Plus it features our very own Sandy Freeman! Check it out!

Photo - #ThrowbackThursday to the first ever Australian representative at a Law Enforcement Torch Ru

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#ThrowbackThursday to the first ever Australian representative at a Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg. Alan Keane was part of the Torch Run at the 2003 World Summer Games in Ireland!
There will be four members of the Law Enforcement Torch Run (NSW) for Special Olympics at the Final Leg for the World Winter Games Austria 2017 - Alison Fahey, Torch Runner; Alan Keane, Team Leader; Don Stuart, Route Leader; and Scott Whyte, Logistics Team Member.
The torch run will begin in one year. Have a great time in Austria!

Photo - Today is International Women's Day and we're celebrating the impact that women have had on o

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Today is International Women's Day and we're celebrating the impact that women have had on our organisation, from athletes through to volunteers and coaches! Thanks for the amazing work you do! #IWD2016

Photo - The Special Olympics Australia community was devastated over the weekend with news of the pa

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The Special Olympics Australia community was devastated over the weekend with news of the passing of a pioneer – Mr Leon Burwell OAM – otherwise known as “Mr Special Olympics” in Australia.
We would like to send our condolences to the Burwell family and to everyone in the Special Olympics Australia community who is grieving at this time.
Read the message from Nigel Milan, Chairman of Special Olympics Australia at http://tinyurl.com/h8a2je7.

Video - To everyone who is set to enjoy or support the Mardi Gras parade in Sydney it is great to se

04/03/2016 - Multi Sports, Special Olympics Victoria, #16812567

To everyone who is set to enjoy or support the Mardi Gras parade in Sydney it is great to see that people with a disability will be able to experience it too. Maybe next year Special Olympics Australia will be part of the joy and join the inclusive LGBTQI community. Nice work Northcott and Julie McCrossin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SRKgIIM1S4

Photo - On 24 June 1975, The Age newspaper announced that Special Olympics was coming to Australia w

03/03/2016 - Multi Sports, Special Olympics Victoria, #16792365

On 24 June 1975, The Age newspaper announced that Special Olympics was coming to Australia with this shocking headline. For the past eight years the global Special Olympics movement has been campaigning to Spread the Word to End the Word. Find out more at www.r-word.org
#TBT #Respect

Photo - We agree with Ben Haack and his family. The only acceptable r-word is RESPECT! Check out how

02/03/2016 - Multi Sports, Special Olympics Victoria, #16778178

We agree with Ben Haack and his family. The only acceptable r-word is RESPECT! Check out how you can respectfully respond when someone uses the nasty R-word - http://themighty.com/2016/02/22-respectful-ways-to-respond-when-someone-uses-the-r-word/
#Rword

Photo - Thanks for the birthday messages! Yesterday was also Jazz’s 16th birthday. Jazz is one of

01/03/2016 - Multi Sports, Special Olympics Victoria, #16759476

Thanks for the birthday messages! Yesterday was also Jazz’s 16th birthday. Jazz is one of our young equestrian stars and she wants to see Special Olympics Australia leap into the future so her party guests gave a leap of support. Jazz also starred in her local paper - tinyurl.com/jazzbirthday - Leave her a birthday message here.

Our first photo in the leap photo challenge showing a Special Olympics Australia athlete clearing the vaulting horse in 1977. She is assisted by Hall of Fame inductee Robyn Cook OAM from Melbourne Inner East Club (Victoria). Take the leap challenge and show your support - http://tinyurl.com/leapchallenge
#LeapForAthletes